Black Adam | October 21, 2022 | New Line | Don't worry, it's a hit. Dwayne Johnson says so!

[Verrows]

On 11/7/2022 at 4:20 PM, YourCake said:

To be fair, I think the most important thing that helped the Marvel franchise succeed is the very fact that they already lost their A-list properties (Spiderman, Xmen, Fantastic Four) to other studios, which is why they had to work from the ground and created the kind of characters that modern audience wanted to see and could easily connect with. I bet that Marvel would be drunk on their high horse and make the same mistakes as DC/WB if they had their "A-list champions" at first.

Great point!

 

I enjoyed this well enough. I still can't stand these modern CGI environment movies and the Rock has been in a few of them lately, like Jungle Cruise. It looked so incredibly cheap for a $200M budget. 

 

However, I really.liked the characters outside the mom and kid and the setup for the future was exciting. The movie did its job I guess.

 

On to Shazam: Fury of the Gods in March!

Edited November 9, 2022 by Verrows

[The GOAT]

On 11/7/2022 at 3:20 PM, YourCake said:

To be fair, I think the most important thing that helped the Marvel franchise succeed is the very fact that they already lost their A-list properties (Spiderman, Xmen, Fantastic Four) to other studios, which is why they had to work from the ground and created the kind of characters that modern audience wanted to see and could easily connect with. I bet that Marvel would be drunk on their high horse and make the same mistakes as DC/WB if they had their "A-list champions" at first.

I'm pretty sure it was Robert Downey Jr holding up entire Marvel Franchise, like Atlas holding up the entire globe, that did it.

 

 

[kayumanggi]

On 10/27/2022 at 8:16 AM, dudalb said:

Which means, with a 200 Million budget, that China will mean the difference  between this film just breaking even and actully getting into profit.

 

I learned this won't get a China release, correct?

[exomassey]

The thing is with this movie, even though it wasn’t a smash hit, doesn’t seem like it really did a lot of damage either.

 

They can easily rework the Black Adam character a little and then put him into an ensemble. The Rock fighting around with other DC heroes will probably get people more excited, he’s still a popular figure who can attract audiences.
 

 

[Dominic Draper]

9 hours ago, exomassey said:

The thing is with this movie, even though it wasn’t a smash hit, doesn’t seem like it really did a lot of damage either.

 

They can easily rework the Black Adam character a little and then put him into an ensemble. The Rock fighting around with other DC heroes will probably get people more excited, he’s still a popular figure who can attract audiences.
 

 

I'm not sure rocks ego would be okay with being relegated to bit player in other peoples movies.

[exomassey]

5 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

I'm not sure rocks ego would be okay with being relegated to bit player in other peoples movies.

Very true. We’ll see though he might surprise us.

[dudalb]

The consensus here is. ..and I 100% agree..they really overspent on this film. It is doing roughly the same numbers that Shazam did, but since Shazam cost 100 Million, roughly half the cost of Black Adam did, Warners got a  good return on their investment with Shazam,a nd will lose money on Black Adam.

[Macleod]

BLACK ADAM and WAKANDA FOREVER unlikely to be released in China:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-black-adam-china-release-1235260069/

[TheDude391]

This movie was completely mediocre. Wasn't bored at least but its very middle of the road. Really not any worse than your average CBM tbh, the reviews seem a bit harsh. 

 

But wow should this have been a Dr Fate film!

[BluKyberCrystal]

When it comes to spend, I'm curious about the marketing budget. They seemed to go all out with it. Treated like IM3 or an Avengers. Big world tour, to go along with ads everywhere.

[Wormow]

This is getting a fast-tracked digital release for next week, November 22

[snarkmachine]

8 minutes ago, Wormow said:

This is getting a fast-tracked digital release for next week, November 22

 

Whaaaat, already?

[Napoleon]

17 hours ago, Wormow said:

This is getting a fast-tracked digital release for next week, November 22

A 31-day window ☠️

[Nikostar]

17 hours ago, Wormow said:

This is getting a fast-tracked digital release for next week, November 22

Not surprised

[Saul Goodman]

24 days, because it's already out on some Korean VOD services.

[dudalb]

As far as China goes, I think XI is gradually going to keep Western movies out of theaters algother.

Other then the obviios "Authoratarian Dictatorships Suck" comment, not much to say.

[John Marston]

Yep officially a flop/bomb. Poor Pierce 

[Borobudur]

On 11/16/2022 at 12:54 PM, Wormow said:

This is getting a fast-tracked digital release for next week, November 22

Maybe WB is following Universal's strategy. Fast tracking the VOD, but pushing back the streaming release date. 

[Mojoguy]

Just rewatched Shazam and still love it. Shazam's $100m budget was just half the budget of BA, but both films will end up making similar numbers. 

Also Mark Strong was fantastic as the main vilian, compared to the nothingburger Big Bad in BA.

 

It was just a bad call to have Rock with a Terminator like personality as BA when he needs funny roles like Jumanji to let his charisma shine.

[efialtes76]

On 11/21/2022 at 7:28 PM, Mojoguy said:

Just rewatched Shazam and still love it. Shazam's $100m budget was just half the budget of BA, but both films will end up making similar numbers. 

Also Mark Strong was fantastic as the main vilian, compared to the nothingburger Big Bad in BA.

 

It was just a bad call to have Rock with a Terminator like personality as BA when he needs funny roles like Jumanji to let his charisma shine.

Whithout China and Russia Shazam did $312M.